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    GOVERNMENT OF ARMENIA APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF SEED-GROWING AND PRODUCTION OF WHEAT SEEDS TILL 2014

    /ARKA/
    July 29, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, July 29. /ARKA/. On Thursday, Government of Armenia approved
    the development program of seed-growing and production of wheat seeds
    for 2010-2014. Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan said
    that according to Armenian National Statistic Service, in 2004-2008
    the level of self-sufficiency of wheat in Armenia was in average
    37%. According to world standards, the level of self-sufficiency
    should be 75%.

    "Armenia uses 650-720 thousand tons of wheat annually, of which
    thousand tons is wheat of Armenian production. In 2008 Armenia produced
    254 thousand tons and in 2009 - 225 thousand tons", he said.

    The government program is targeted at the increase of the level of
    Armenian wheat and level of self-sufficiency from current 37% to 55%
    till 2014.

    The program will allow to have wheat territories up to 115-120 thousand
    ha and the harvest of wheat - up to 400 thousand tons. The territory
    of wheat was reduced from 127 thousand in 2005 to 82.7 thousand ha
    in 2009 due to the use of unqualified wheat.

    Government of Armenia has already allocated 558 million drams (about
    1.5 million dollars) for buying high quality seeds of wheat from
    Stavropol. The government bought 950 tons of wheat; another 500 tons
    will be bought in Armenia. 1450 tons of high quality wheat will be
    distributed to Armenian farms free-of-charge in the first phase of
    the program.

    After gathering the harvest, the farms should return wheat to the
    State two times more than they received.

    The program envisages gradual decrease of imported wheat and increase
    of volumes of own production.

    Prime minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan said that the program
    will be implemented on the basis of cooperation of the State and
    private sector.

    For the implementation of the program the given sphere should be
    studied for the development of seed-growing and wheat production.




    From: A. Papazian
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